Well, I solved the problem reinstalling xine, even though it seems to be officially deprecated. But how do I know if I have the gstreamer codecs installed? Here are all the gstreamer packages on my system:
local/gstreamer0.10 0.10.35-1 GStreamer Multimedia Framework local/gstreamer0.10-bad 0.10.22-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugin libraries (gst-plugins-bad) local/gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins 0.10.22-2 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) GStreamer Multimedia Framework Bad Plugins (gst-plugins-bad) local/gstreamer0.10-base 0.10.35-1 GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base plugin libraries local/gstreamer0.10-base-plugins 0.10.35-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) GStreamer Multimedia Framework Base Plugins (gst-plugins-base) local/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 0.10.12-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) Gstreamer FFMpeg Plugin local/gstreamer0.10-good 0.10.30-1 GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good plugin libraries local/gstreamer0.10-good-plugins 0.10.30-1 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) GStreamer Multimedia Framework Good Plugins (gst-plugins-good) local/gstreamer0.10-python 0.10.21-1 Python bindings for GStreamer 0.10 local/gstreamer0.10-ugly 0.10.18-3 GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly plugin libraries local/gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins 0.10.18-3 (gstreamer0.10-plugins) GStreamer Multimedia Framework Ugly Plugins (gst-plugins-ugly) local/phonon-gstreamer 4.5.1-1 Phonon GStreamer backend On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Myriam Schweingruber <myr...@kde.org> wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 15:01, stefano franchi <stefano.fran...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> After the last update to my Arch system, Amarok has stopped producing any >> sound. >> >> More precisely: >> >> If I click on a song, Amarok "plays" it: it updates the current song >> widget, the progress bar advances, etc.. However, no sound is >> produced. >> >> I checked the playback settings, Phonon settings, and everything is >> fine. Phonon's devices play the test sound correctly >> >> Other applications play sounds correctly as well. >> >> Where could the problem be? >> >> System details: >> >> Arch 64 system, Kde 4.7.3, Amarok 2.4.3 >> >> Phonon with gstreamer backend > > Please make sure you have the gstreamer codecs installed as well. > > > Regards, Myriam > -- > Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE: > http://www.fsfe.org > Please don't send me proprietary file formats, > use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300) > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA _______________________________________________ Amarok mailing list Amarok@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok